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N336.17m Tax Default: Bayelsa seals off NDDC office

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

Officials of Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue, on Friday, sealed off the Yenagoa office of the Niger Delta Development Commission, over an alleged tax default of N336.17m. It was learnt that the intervention agency in the region is allegedly owing the state government since 2014. The

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Four Arab countries give Qatar 10 days to close Al Jazeera

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

The four Arab countries involved in a diplomatic row with Qatar have given the oil-rich nation a 10-day ultimatum to meet 13 demands, including shutting down Al Jazeera media network, before normalcy can be restored. The four countries are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Bahrain. Reuters said the demands are likely to […]

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Three killed in bank gun attack — Police

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

Police said attackers shot and killed three people in a raid on a commercial bank in northeast Kenya’s on Friday. Police commander Charles Chacha said that the civilians and a police officer died in the attack in Mandera County. “There were five armed gangsters. When they arrived at the bank, they shot the officer at […]

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Anti-graft war: EFCC rewards 25 youths

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

The EFCC has rewarded 25 youths with Net book laptops with Bribe Buster application for joining the Commission in the anti-corruption campaign through their art works. Mr Osita Nwajah, the Director, Public Affairs of the commission, presented the gifts to the youths during the launch of the Creative Youth Community Development Initiative (CYCDI), an NGO, […]

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Referendum: Kanu gives condition for November election in Anambra, threatens 2019 general elections

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu  says the November 18 governorship election in Anambra state will not hold unless the federal government conducts a referendum on Biafra. He threatened that members of his group might also boycott the 2019 general election in Biafra land should the government refused to heed […]

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APC governors condemn growing ethnic agitations

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

Governors elected on the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, have condemned recent ethnic-based calls for Nigeria to break up. The governors made their position known Thursday in a statement issued by the director general of the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, Salihu Lukman, in Abuja. The statement said in line with the “social […]